Dead Calm - film

[Seven Spades]

Does anyone know make and model of yacht was used in the film Dead Calm. As you can imagine searching the internet for "Dead Calm Yacht" did not yield the information I was looking for.

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[wishbone]

have a look at some of the yachts for sale USA, Canada, 45 foot plus, I would think the internal shots would have been studio mock up because of focal lenght req. giving a more spacious look.

http://yachtworld.com/pbs/

Wishbone
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[westernsailor]

Taken from a summary of the film

The producers wish to thank the owners of 'Storm Vogel' for the use of
their yacht as the 'Saracen' and Keith Williams, the staff and management
of Hamilton Island.



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[BrendanS]

Storm Vogel is actually known at Stormvogel. She is 74 feet in length, with a beam of 16 feet, displacement of 31.2 tons. Her sail area is 2200 sq ft. A 40hp engine, 6 passenger capacity, with 3 cabins. She was built in 1961, designed by Van de stadt, construction by J Laurent Giles, and Sail plan by Capt. J H Illingworth. The builder was Lamtice and the Sail Maker was Ratsey & Laphorn. The Original owner was Cornelius Bruyzee. She was featured in the September 1961 issue of Yachting World. She can sometimes be found available to lease at http://www.yachting-asia.com .

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.allwatchers.com/BoardDetail.asp?MessageID=92647&listpage=1>http://www.allwatchers.com/BoardDetail.asp?MessageID=92647&listpage=1</A>

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[TheBoatman]

Brendan
I'm seriously impressed is there nothing that you don't have the full SP on?

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[Bejasus]

Why does this not surprise me....nm

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[BrendanS]

Just cannot resist a challenge when someone says they've searched internet and found nothing. It's all there if you know how to search, though it's admittedly difficult to teach those skills.

Don't mistake it for knowledge! I'm just a beginner in the boaty world compared to those with a lifetime at sea. Though I do learn a hell of a lot by answering these sorts of questions, which is why I do the searches, and enjoy it - the number of internet sites I look at while looking for the correct answer throws me off in all sorts of private investigations, and some wonderful websites.

It's got me thinking though, that I should keep a list of all the interersting boaty websites I come across, and post some of the better or more interesting ones

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[BrendanS]

Re: Why does this not surprise me....nm

Sorry! /forums/images/icons/blush.gif

I'm an internet search anorak

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[BrendanS]

Just another point, not researched, so could be totally ficticious. I'm not in a position to certify

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[Twister_Ken]

I stand to be corrected (and often I am)...

...but in my book Laurent Giles is a designer, not a constructor.

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[BrendanS]

Re: I stand to be corrected (and often I am)...

Yeah, doing some more digging, he should be listed as joint designer, the constructor was Lantico.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.thaimarine.com/charters/deluxe_boating/stormvogel.htm>http://www.thaimarine.com/charters/deluxe_boating/stormvogel.htm</A>

Most sources credit only Van da Staadt as designer, so not sure what Laurent Giles actual involvement was

For those interested Stormvogel was a hugely successful race boat in the 60's, and revolutionary in being GRP

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[Becky]

Re: I stand to be corrected (and often I am)...

Stormvogel was raced very successfully by Mr Brunzeel (or similar spelling) who made a mint from marine plywood- bought some recently, very expensive. See how he could afford such a nice yacht. How about a few dental implants you lot? I want to do the ARC

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[BrendanS]

Re: I stand to be corrected (and often I am)...

Not only that but he started Van de Stadt out as a designer. Nice bit about the connection here <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.vandestadt-usa.com/website/history.html>http://www.vandestadt-usa.com/website/history.html</A>



PS, earlier stated about Stromvogel being grp - wasn't whole hull, just deck, but still revolutionary at the time

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